A very Happy New Year to everyone! I am finally back in my craft room creating projects and preparing for another upcoming local vendor market. Recently I ordered the “Friendly Foliage” Bundle found in the Online Exclusives. My sample card in this post was my first attempt working with this great bundle. My favorite part, the bundle is less than $40!
I absolutely love the simplicity of this card along with the color combo of Flirty Flamingo and Basic Beige. Just two simple layers with the center of the stamped image die cut out. This die set will also cut out the entire image including the leaves that extend beyond the rectangle box. The other nice thing about this bundle is that it has some nice “greetings”. My favorite two greetings are “Thinking of You” and “Get Well Soon”. This bundle also has several nice “greenery” type dies. Not sure why, but I tend to gravitate towards “earthy” images along with “flowers”, LOL!
I did place the Basic Beige panel up on “Dimensionals” to give the “window image” some depth. To complete my card, I added a double “Linen Thread” bow with a “Mini Glue Dot”. I also think this image would lend itself well towards a sympathy card. Doesn’t get much easier than this card!
This year I had a few items to package for Christmas Gifting. My one daughters requested a gift card from Nespresso. When I purchased this gift card, it was presented in a nice folder, so I needed to figure out how to “wrap” up this folder. I decided to use the beautiful “Traditions of Christmas” DSP and make an envelope. The folder was just under 6×6 size, so I used my retired “Envelope Punch Board” to construct an envelope for this folder.
After constructing my envelope, I closed the top flap with a “Mini Glue Dot” so that it would be easy to open. I used some basic red curling ribbon and attached a handmade tag utilizing the “Traditions of Christmas” DSP. Stampin’ Up! offered a coordinating die set for the Oct/Nov/Dec Paper Pumpkin kits. I used the tag shape, flower and leaf spray dies from this set.
My two boxes are from the November 2025 “Wrapped in Cheer” Paper Pumpkin Kit. I made very slight alterations to the design of the tags on the boxes. I used “Wink of Stella” Glitter Pen on the white ribbon to add a subtle shimmer, then stamped the “Merry Christmas” greeting on a die cut shape. For the other box, I colored the white bow with Cherry Cobbler ink and a “Blending Brush”. Two very subtle changes to the actual kit, but I’m very happy with how they turned out. For the inside, I made an insert that held a folded $ bill which made for a nice presentation. You could also make an insert to hold a gift card as well. The “Traditions of Christmas” DSP is not currently available, but I have linked this page to “Designer Series Paper” on the Stampin’ Up! web-site.
Hoping that you shared a wonderful and joyous Christmas holiday with your family and friends! New Year’s is just around the corner, so wishing everyone a Happy New Year for 2026!
Another beautiful card using the “Traditions of Christmas” DSP again. I had previously posted a card, HERE, with a die cut floral image from the “Traditions of Christmas” DSP. My first card had an embossed background, but for this particular card, I chose to use a piece of this gorgeous DSP.
Other than changing the embossed background to the beautiful DSP, I also changed out the die cut rectangle mat to Pool Party. These dies are from the “Branching Out” Dies found in the September-December Mini Catalog. My floral die cut image is colored a bit different as there were two floral sprays on the DSP sheet that could be die cut.
My previous card used the “Mossy Meadow and Gold” Ribbon, but for this card, I used a double layered sheer bow in Pool Party. Besides placing the bows in different spots, these two cards had identical layouts. I like both cards equally as one has a bit more glimmer from the gold foil and the other has some nice rich texture from the embossing folder.
Currently, the “Traditions of Christmas” DSP is out of stock, so I have linked this post to the “Branching Out” Dies.
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